Rebecca Whitehurst
beccapeg.bsky.social
Rebecca Whitehurst
@beccapeg.bsky.social
I’m a West Wales based musician, who plays and teaches violin and piano. Interested in politics, dogs, and the arts, not necessarily in that order.
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Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”

This was their response:
April 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Come on Friday evening Bluskyers! Let's get this petition trending.

The entire news week has been dominated by one form or another of the media behaving badly. Newspapers, online, social.

Let's get more people signing this petition!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
petition.parliament.uk
January 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Good morning!

An update on our media regulation petition: we are at 872 signatures, which is great!

But we are not on course for getting enough signatures for a debate in parliament.

Please share ideas for how we can boost its popularity and get more to sign it!
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
petition.parliament.uk
January 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
5 authors I’ve read 5 or more books by:
Ian Rankin
Maggie O’Farrell
Anne Tyler
Joanne Harris
Kate Atkinson
Elena Ferrante
Emile Zola
Javier Marias
Len Deighton
Georges Simenon
5 authors I've read 5 or more books by:
Graham Greene
Gore Vidal
Andrew Crumey
Milan Kundera
Spike Milligan
November 29, 2024 at 10:15 PM